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Celebrating Florida Dogs With Latte the Havanese

Celebrating Florida Dogs With Latte the Havanese

by | Sep 16, 2017 | Blog

Celebrating Florida Dogs With Latte the Havanese As some of you know–I live in coastal Florida and this week has certainly been challenging due to Hurricane Irma. The thing about evacuating–you start to take stock of all the things you value and what is...
Painting Bella, A Black Dog, Part Two

Painting Bella, A Black Dog, Part Two

by | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog

Painting Bella, A Black Dog, Part Two It’s been awhile since my last post as I’ve been away–but now I’m back in the studio. I continued to develop my portrait of Bella by refining the darks and lights, and building up the paint. I often like to...
Painting A Black Dog From A Dark Photo

Painting A Black Dog From A Dark Photo

by | Apr 28, 2017 | Blog

Painting A Black Dog From A Dark Photo I was asked to create a portrait of Bella, a medium-size black lab mix. The painting shown is my first stage rough underpainting. One of the challenges (as it is with any black animal) is that in the reference photos, a lot of...
A Pair of Pet Portraits

A Pair of Pet Portraits

by | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog

A Pair of Pet Portraits Sometimes I get commissioned to do multiple paintings at one time with the intent that they will hang together. This brings a specific set of concerns to the planning process for the art. The size of the surface and the painting’s colors...
Final Painting of Three Havanese

Final Painting of Three Havanese

by | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog

Final Painting of Three Havanese Three Amigos 24″ x 18 Acrylic on archival panel by Hope Lane Apologies to all for such a long delay in posting the finished painting–I got hit by this year’s flu. Now I’m back in the studio and painting away!...